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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jeff's profession?
(a) Jeff is a professor.
(b) Jeff is not employed.
(c) Jeff is a doctor.
(d) Jeff is a photographer.

2. In their escape in Chapter 3, what do the men use as a cutting implement?
(a) A knife stolen by Terry.
(b) A pair of scissors.
(c) A shard of broken glass.
(d) A broken metal tray.

3. What does Vandyck smell after the men are taken into custody in Chapter 2?
(a) Anaesthesia.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Gasoline.

4. Who names the land, "Herland"?
(a) Terry.
(b) Vandyck.
(c) Jeff.
(d) The local guide.

5. What does Somel promise to provide the men with?
(a) New clothing.
(b) A history of her civilization.
(c) Brides.
(d) Individual houses.

6. What surprises the explorers about the women in town?
(a) The women show no fear.
(b) The women are dressed like men.
(c) The women are physically strong.
(d) The women speak English.

7. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Houses.
(c) People.
(d) Roadways.

8. How many women are in the room adjoining where the men woke up?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty.

9. What movement are the author's works linked to by Ann J. Lane?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) The feminist movement.
(c) The abolitionist movement
(d) The environmental movement.

10. What does Terry think of the local games?
(a) Terry sees the educational value of the games.
(b) Terry is greatly amused by the games.
(c) Terry finds the games dull.
(d) Terry finds the games challenging.

11. What does Terry offer to the three girls?
(a) A hairpin.
(b) A ceramic figurine.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A scarf.

12. Which activity is used by the guards to pass time?
(a) Painting.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Letter writing.

13. What are the houses surrounded by?
(a) Deep ditches.
(b) Fences.
(c) Well-kept gardens.
(d) Wild flowers.

14. How do the guards treat the men when they are recaptured?
(a) Cautiously.
(b) Good naturedly.
(c) Like naughty children.
(d) Roughly.

15. How old was the author when she married for the second time?
(a) Forty years old.
(b) Thirty-one years old.
(c) Thirty-six years old.
(d) Forty-five years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Vandyck, Terry and Jeff prepared to do if they find there are men in the all-female society?

2. What did the author complete before her death?

3. What does Jeff imagine an all-female society would be like?

4. Where do the women try to force the men to do in Chapter 2?

5. What does Terry believe women are incapable of?

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